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Part of buttonbush genus Cephalanthus in bedstraw family Rubiaceae.
Native to 🇨🇦 Canada southeast, 🇺🇸 USA east of the 🗻︎ Rocky Mountains (plus California and Arizona!), and 🇲🇽 México to Central America. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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